Isser Harel

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Isser Harel (Hebrew: איסר הראל‎; 1912 – 18 February 2003) was spymaster of the intelligence and the security services of Israel and the director of the Mossad (1952–1963). In his capacity as Mossad director, he oversaw the capture and covert transportation to Israel of Holocaust organizer Adolf Eichmann. Harel was the only individual in the history of the State of Israel to hold a position that consolidated both internal and external intelligence responsibilities.

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